Monday, December 31, 2007

I'm Still having some problems with my blog here and since this is all pretty new to me I'm not sure what happened but my layout is weird and my comments links have disappeared on my last few posts but any way it's about the music so...As i said in my title, this here is an "eclectic" spot for music so I'm going to switch things up again here with the 1st official single by one the lesser known early English punk bands but no less important and one of my all time faves... The following was lifted off Wikipedia:

The Adverts were an English punk rock band who formed in 1976 and broke up in late 1979. They were one of the first punk bands to enjoy commercial success, and their line-up included Gaye Advert, who The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music called the "first female punk star". (Not sure if I totally agree with this as the Runaways were a few years ahead of the Adverts but there is no denying that Gaye was super hot in her black leather jacket heavy eye makeup and black nail polish)

The band were formed in 1976 by T.V. Smith and Gaye Advert. Smith and Advert were both from Bideford, a small coastal town in Devon, and were later married. [2] After relocating to London the two young punks recruited guitarist Pickup and drummer Driver and The Adverts were born.

The Roxy, London's first live punk venue, played a crucial role in The Adverts’ early career. They were one of the pioneering bands who played at the club during its first 100 days. The Adverts played at the club no less than nine times between January and April 1977. In January 1977, after their first gig supporting Generation X, the band impressed Michael Dempsey so much that he became their manager. Their second gig supporting Slaughter & the Dogs was recorded, and their anthem "Bored Teenagers" was included on the UK Top 30 album Live at the Roxy WC2. In February, shortly after the band's third gig supporting The Damned, they signed a recording contract with Stiff Records. In March, the band supported The Jam at the Roxy.

In April, The Adverts recorded the first of four sessions for John Peel at BBC Radio 1. Days later, their debut single, "One Chord Wonders", was released. The single, "a headlong rush of energy", was recommended by both Melody Maker and Sounds. Understanding the band's limitations, the song's lyrics, composed by TV Smith, were likeably self-depreciating:

I wonder what we’ll play for you tonightSomething heavy or something lightSomething to set your soul alightI wonder how we’ll answer when you say‘We don’t like you – go awayCome back when you’ve learnt to play’

The Adverts were a prolific live act. Their first nationwide tour was with Stiff label-mates The Damned. The tour poster read, "The Adverts know one chord, the Damned know three. See all four at…" Later they would support Iggy pop on tour, as well as conducting their own headlining tours in Britain, Ireland and Europe.

In August, the band released the first of their two UK Top 40 hit singles. Lyrically, "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" was a controversial song based on the wishes of an American murderer that his eyes be donated to medical science after his execution. The Sounds described it as "the sickest and cleverest record to come out of the new wave". Years later, it was included in Mojo magazine’s list of the best punk rock singles of all time.

After the tabloid fuelled controversy surrounding the single, and an appearance on Top of the Pops, the Adverts became big news. Observers focused on frontman TV Smith and bassist Gaye Advert. Reviewers noted TV Smith's song-writing ability. This something which continued long after the band's demise. He was said to have "captured the spirit of the times few contemporaries could match". Another reviewer described Smith as the band’s "raging heart, spitting out the failsafe succession of songs which still delineate punk’s hopes, aspirations and, ultimately, regrets". In contrast, Gaye Advert's reputation was more fleeting. She was "one of Punk’s first female icons". Her "photogenic" looks, "panda-eye make-up and omnipresent leather jacket defined the face of female punkdom until well into the next decade".

Surprisingly, the band’s follow-up single, "Safety in Numbers", did not chart. Nevertheless, the song is well regarded and was included in Steve Gardner's all-time best list. The Adverts fourth single, "No Time To Be 21", scraped into the UK Top 40. A month later, the band’s debut album Crossing The Red Sea was released. Today it is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest punk albums of all-time.

Unfortunately, despite releasing some more well-regarded singles, The Adverts were not able to maintain the momentum and their career stalled after the release of their second album. They split up shortly after the accidental death by electrocution of their manager, Michael Dempsey. Their last gig was at Slough College on 27 October 1979. After the band split up, T.V. Smith continued with Tim Cross forming as TV Smith's Explorers, then Cheap, and finally from the 1990s to date performing as a solo artist.

In conclusion, considering they only released seven singles and two albums, the legacy of The Adverts is pretty astonishing. Critic and author Dave Thompson argues that "nobody would make music like The Adverts and nobody ever has. In terms of lyric, delivery, commitment and courage, they were, and they remain, the finest British group of the late 1970s".

Friday, December 28, 2007

Ok, I'm going to switch things up here before the new year with some cool & smooth instrumental surf sounds from the early/mid 60's.

The Rocking Ghosts as far as i can tell were a fairly popular Danish group that actually charted in Denmark with the A side to this single Belinda. They released records in a lot of countries, Germany , Japan, U.S.A., Mexico, etc. Originally started as a school band early 1962 witha trumpet as leading instrument! But changed style and instruments in the middle of the same year. They were heavily inspired by Cliff Richards & The Shadows, so naturally the first recordings were instrumentals.In 1967 they tried to chance their image to the new flower powerstyle. But the change didn't give them any new fans and they lost a lot of the older fans and the group decided to split up.

Who would have thunk it? Danish surf rock!So here is the B-side - Check it out:

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Sound Experience hailed from Philly via Baltimore under the guidance of Stan Watson and his Philly Groove/Soulville labels. Stan Watson was a man who, along with many other artists/producers of the time, contributed some of the best funk music out of Philly.

Sound Expirence formed at Baltimore's Morgan State College in 1970 and consisted of Arthur Grant (vocals); Reginald Wright, Leroy Frailing, Anton Scott, Melvin Miles, Johnny Froman, Gregory Holmes, James Lindsay and when they hooked up with Watson moved to Philadelphia.

This cut here, in keeping with my current guitar oriented theme is a fuzzy wall of psychedelic guitar funk! Driving rhythms and a wicked vocal hook! You can’t help but sing “Give me my mule!” Every time it comes around as if “YOU” were really owed it! So there is a little bit of pent up anger and pissed off-ness about this that I think makes it even more “Real” and makes this track really cook.

I knew this track was a winner the first time I heard it and when I spun it at the last 45 Sessions at the world famous Asbury lanes in Asbury Park NJ and The Soul Chef came up to me while I was spinning it and proudly showed me his copy he pulled out of his 45 case I knew others agreed!!!!!

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Here is a little something to either keep your spirits "HIGH" or to help pick you up from the post x-mas blues!

In keeping with my “Fuzzy” “Buzzy” & “Wasted” guitar theme, I give you a 45 I picked up not too long ago by the “Yellow Payges”.

I totally dig the crazy driving Wha Wha drenched vibe of this cut. It smokes!!!The message is on point as well: Equality driven home via the Wha Wha pedal and thumping bass!

This cut is from 1969 and it shows. Total Garage Freak-out on the verge of heavy 70’s dinosaur rock, a little more polished that the typical Garage stomper of the mid 60’s but it never loses any of the the drive & vibe of that style.

There is a shit ton of stuff written about these guys and there is no way I could write anything as compressive or informative as what is out there. And their story is pretty interesting, so if you want to read more about them click This:

So sit back, turn up the volume and crank this little late 60’s gem of a hard rocker out!!!

Monday, December 24, 2007

I was thinking about this for months. What will be the first post once Santa brought me the mp3 turntable for Christmas and I've changed my mind 20 times, and still wasn't sure as i sat down to do this. I thought maybe, The Voxpoppers, Ronnie Self, Wanda Jackson, or maybe some hard psych stuff but I'm gonna go with Iron Knowledge and their KILLER track Show Stopper.

Most of my records are all Bottom Feeder found records, which means i dig them out of the garbage basically. Found at Flea Markets, Thrift Shops, Garage Sales and pretty much any other Low Rent way of obtaining vinyl on the cheap but this is one record that once i heard it i knew i had to own it at any cost! (well, almost any)

So I searched the interwebs and found a copy on eBay... And i spent a few dollars on it, something i try not to do but seem to be doing way to much of lately. Blah blah blah.....

Most of you probably know, it's been played on every cool station, featured on the black chains & exhaust comp and was the first cut i played on the That's Heavy Old Man!! mix that DJ Prestige and i put together. (Well, Pres put it together really)

Not much i could find out about these guys. It doesn't look like they have any other music recorded or none that i could find, and other than they were from Youngstown Ohio i don't know much about them

So anyway, there isn't much to say except this cut is straight up wild! Nothing i love more than funky ass brothers with guitars singing about how their "down with cocaine, were doing our thing". And this fits right in with my previous post about "Fuzzy" "Buzzy" & "Wasted" sounding guitar!

i've decided to add the b-side to this killer 45 because from what i hear not many people have heard any other songs from this killer group. So when your done grooving the fuck out to "Show Stopper" settle in for some sweet and mellow sounds of Oh-Love. Dig that "breathy" wha wha!

Friday, December 21, 2007

Jimi Hendrix: On record he sure has some fuzzy moments but shit man, wild thing and the star spangled banner are as fuzzed out, freaked out & as wasted as anything ever.Plus he died from dugs, it don’t get any more “wasted” than that….

Tony Iommi: The first Black Sabbath record alone puts him in the Fuzzy Rifftastic Hall of Fame but the riffs and fuzz just kept on coming… Best band ever? Yes, IMHO.

Glen Buxton & Michael Bruce: From 1968 to 74 they were the BEST American band EVER! Sure they sold a lot of records and were “popular” but there is NOTHING fancifully about their playing. Buzzy, Fuzzy, & ALWAYS WASTED! The 1st 2 being complete freaked out and wasted and over the fucking top!

Gary Ray Thompson: The 1st Frijid Pink album contains the most over the top buzzy, fuzzy, wasted & strangled guitar sound EVER. I’d trade in ALL my Cream records for just one song off of this record. Eric Clapton is a limp wristed fag…

Ron Asheton: Before the Tinny Din of the Raw Power the 1st Stooges set the bar for every blown out punk band to come. The year: 1969. The Fuzz: OVER THE TOP!I Wanna Be Your Dog is worth admission here alone…

Larry Wallis: Pink Fairies: Kings of Oblivion: HOLY SHIT!!! WASTED SHRED!One can only wonder what it would have sounded like had Mr. Wallis stayed with Motorhead… Dream on…

Randy Holden: GUITAR GAWD!!! Anyone who writes songs about his wailing guitar in A-OK in my book. And it doesn’t hurt that his tone and playing is about as buzzy, fuzzy and strangled and anything you have never heard before. The air is thick with cottage cheese & riffs! It doesn’t hurt that he was also a small part of the history of:

Blue Cheer: Leigh Stephens: Buzzed, Fuzzed, Wasted, and Baked! The 1st 2 Blue Cheers albums are HIGH on the list of Freaked out power house blasters! These guys single handedly killed the flower power scene of San Francisco. Set phasers on hippy kill!!!

Jim McCarty: Cactus: Hard to believe this cat was a Detroit Wheel. Scorching, Sloppy, Fuzzy & Mean solo’s abound all over these cactus records. Break out the bong mother-fuckers!!!

Mark Farner: Grand Funk: INSANE FUZZ & WHA WHA!!! This dude was Jesus on ACID! Long Hair, Long Riffs, Long Solo’s! Garage band made good. You know this already though so I’ll shut up now….

John Baxter: Buffalo: Australia’s answer to Black Sabbath. Heavy on fuzz and thick with mean riffs. These record aint for the faint of heart. If you’ve not heard these and you fancy yerself any kind of fuzz fan re-think your position in life and get down under right fucking quick!

Leslie West? Maybe…. Had his moments and was on Heroin most of the time but not as wasted and freaked out as some…. Maybe, maybe not. Certainly cooler than you though.

Mick Box: Uriah Heep: He gets some props: Gypsy is a stunning skull fucker…. Some of the shit leaves me cold though…

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

There was a fire at the school in one of the transformers Sunday night that seems to have made broadcasting impossible. The managers and school officials are aware of the problem but we (the station employees) have absolutely no control over this matter. It will have to be handled by the school, the electric company, or others. I will be going to the station tomorrow to see if anything can be done. If not, I have permission to turn off the transmitter. Tune in every so often to see if we're on and we will keep everyone informed. As of now, there will be no live shows until further notice. We have no more info at this time. If you know of someone who is not on this email list, please forward this letter to them.

So it looks like there is going to be no more "Forward to the caves" radio show until further notice.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

I've not done one of these in a while but I was over at I'm Learning To Share! checking out the link to the nude album cover site and decided to post another one of my fave Cha Cha covers. So check that link and groove over to I'm learning To Share! It's a wild cool & kooky place!

This one has been up on my wall for a while now so i took her down and decided to learn to share! I don't think i need to talk this one up much, this lady is down right HAWT!!! It hits all the marks, sexy leg action, bare feet (always a plus w/ me), some nice clevage, & a beautiful & happy face & smile...(do i sound like a weirdo here?) anyway....

Friday, December 14, 2007

Welp, I'm home from London and still feeling a bit under the weather. I had a bit of a hairy trip. Didn't get picked up from the airport and stayed WAY to long at the airport bar and didn't sleep for a few days and the weather was HORRIBLE, cold & wet, so I got pretty sick and spent my whole Saturday in St. Thomas Hospital in London before my gig! So I apologies for not hooking up with DJ Prestige's buddy Lindsey. Hopefully when he is in the states soon we can meet.

The gig however was AWESOME! We gained a lot of fans and made a little loot to boot so while it was pretty stressful in the end it was worth the aggravation.

Things are going to be a bit more quiet over here as they blocked my access to my blog spot at work and well, i want to hit this thing hard when i finally get my mp3 turntable for x-mas. I've got a lot of music i want to get out there and I'm sure your all sick of just hearing my blabber with no tuneage so I'm gonna shut up for a while until i can get this thing really started!

Monday, December 3, 2007

Had a great weekend with my kids and a certain lady friend, and i was the undisputed boxing champ on the wii! beating all comers!!! (including a 6 & 8 year old!)

:)

We got a late start on Saturday but managed to get out to a market in Pennsy, out in the sticks, but there were plenty of records and on the cheap too! My kids were in their glory rooting through bins of star wars & spawn action figures and they managed to score a few early x-mas gifts.

I got a nice mix, of soul, 50's rock n roll, rock-a-billy, and some odd ball stuff that hopefully I can get to later and post. so until then a pic of the scores will have to do. I think i got about 100 records total and i would have bought more but I am trying to be thrifty because of the trip to London this weekend. Which is the cause of my stress... but that is another story...

Friday, November 30, 2007

OK, so we did the Forward to the Caves radio show last night only after being informed that both turntables were up and running, so I grabbed 2 45 boxes with great anticipation of spinning a bunch of Funky Soul and following it up some some killer Garage & Psych but after only a few tunes realized that the right channel was not working on turntable 2... what a bummer.

The best laid plans of mice & men...

So our game plan was screwed up because we had to fall back on some CD's and change the whole direction of the show and went with a heavier 70's style psych sound. I did manage to get in a plug for DJ Prestige's groovy show he has coming up, here is the info lifted from his site:

The Budos Band will be playing live at the World Famous Asbury Lanes on Friday December 21st. It will be a full band gig (13 members), who will bring their brand of Afro Soul from the streets of Shaolin, (that’s Staten Island) to Asbury Park. DJ Prestige and Larry from Funky 16 Corners will be manning the decks in between sets, spinning Raw and Funky Soul all night. There may be a guest selector or two as well, so you’ll have to drop by the Lanes that night to check it out. The night will be called The 4th and Kingsley Soul Club, and will kick off a series of nights at the Lanes who focus on Funk and Soul bands.

Sounds pretty sweet, so if you in that neck of the woods you should attend & support,as DJ Pres is seriously kicking this little funk & soul scene in the ass and making some head way! Plus he's a pretty ace dude outside of being an amazing DJ. After watching his set at the last 45 session my dick shriveled up between my legs and my jaw hit the floor. simply killer!

Any way for those paying attention here is last night play list from the radio show.We hope to get the turntable situation sorted out and we most likely will not be there next Thursday as we will be on our way to London for a one off gig with my band Solace!

Thursday, November 29, 2007

After taking a few weeks off in a mini protest because WLFR and Stockton college can't get their shit together (broken turntables, broken microphones, etc...) we will be back online tonight!

Hopefully the turntables will be working and shit will be fixed because i brought 2 45 boxes loaded with groovy soul, funk & psych as well as a suitcase full of full length vinyl containing some heavier psych from the 70's!

So if anyone is around and bored tune in & turn on! It's gonna be a wild ride!!!

Also, be sure to check out JJB's blog Eye Eat Music Her new post is a KILLER!!!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Yours truly with a few of his favorite things: Beer, Girly covers, and Masks

So, here i am at working digging around all these KILLER blogs with all this music posted everywhere and i feel like such a little fish in such a big pond. This is all new to me and it's kind of overwhelming. I don't even know where to start. I'd like to give everyone who has linked, posted, or talked about this little tiny blog here a huge shout of thanks and just wanted to say hang in there because things will only get better over here! I've got a huge cash of vinyl that i can't wait to rip and share with the lot of you!Cheers!

Edit: here's a little something inspired by the new flea market funk mix!

Monday, November 26, 2007

I spent the weekend removing ALL my records from storage. Now they are all stacked ceiling high in my folks garage and the emore i look at them all the more i realize what a daunting task it's going to be sorting and cataloging and getting this is some sort of order, but it was cool doing a little digging in your own records and finding stuff i had forgotten i had!

Anyway, with X-mas looming and the prospect of Santa bringing the devil here a mp3 turntable, it should be soon that i will be able to download some tunes for the few that actually tune in over here.

In the meantime, here's a hot little cover and another cha cha for for eyes!

The cha cha cover isn't a true winner as the chicky babe is a so-so, but the red & white striped stocking make up for it! and the other one is a WINNER in my book!Some bare feet, a little belly meat and a little camel toe action! Funny, but that picture was taken over 40 years ago and she has to be in her 20's so chances are that hot number is an old ass granny now or even possible dead....

Saturday, November 24, 2007

My head is still spinning a bit from last nights jam session as i sip some luke warm coffee and try to put the events that took place into some form of order.

Man, it was a whole lotta fun and there was some serious music spun. I can't wait to see play lists from everyone so I can start finding some of the wicked shit that was played!

Yours truly got off to a shaky start due some technical problems and in some part i'm sure my utter stupidity but alas all was rectified and the fuzz & funk was put forth!

i also lost my keys last night which didn't make for a fun time trying to get in the house at 3AM without them so if anyone finds a set of keys PLEASE let me know!

I'm still a bit out of it considering MANY Guinness were drank last night and i very rarely see 3AM anymore being a working man and all so I'm not going to get too detailed since details are a bit "fuzzy" but everyone killed it and i had a wicked good time!

Friday, November 23, 2007

Man o' man it was cold this morning. After dropping my kids off this morning i got out to "the spot" albeit a little late. Jack the Ripper, Prime, Prestige & JJB were all already out there along with usual suspects, aka, the meatball, eggbeard & the old man, so i didn't hold much hope of finding anything after the bones were already picked clean by the vultures that were about but i dug deep and found a few things.

The old man was holding a record for me which I was thankful to score. A nice clean 1958 original stereo pressing of the Rock-A-Teens album woo-hoo. It's more rare than the mono and i guess it books pretty high, or at least the old man told me so. So needless to say this wasn't a dollar score buy WAY under what it books since he only "traded" for it. I'm psyched to have it because it's a great early little rock and roll record with some killer instrumental cuts. It has a little writing on the cover but whatever, you don't play the cover!

I also score some cool pic sleeves on the cheap @ 50 cent a pop and some cool 60's RnR/Psych 45's and a few cool LP's.

Anyway, looking forward to tonight's 45 session as i pulled some serious shit to spin and hope some folks will be digging the fuzzier side of some of my choices! I had a little mini heart attack this afternoon when i couldn't find one of my 45 boxes with hsome of my money in it! but alas it was found and I am fucking ready! (pardon my french but i am a little excited!)

Monday, November 19, 2007

I aint got much else. Just got back from a LONG weekend in Boston recording withh my band and I'm feeling pretty beat up but way looking forward to spinning some deep funk grooves with some fuzzy overtones this Friday. come the Funk Down!

Also, be sure to check out JJB's blog Eye Eat Music For some groovey new tunes!!!

Sunday, November 11, 2007

I was going to post this on Sunday but waited until after the Flea Market Funk meets The Devil's Music mix was posted so it didn't get in the way.

Also want to give a public shout once again to DJ Pestige for the most exceelent job he did on the mix. I'm glad some folks dug it. I must have listened to both mixes 30 times already!

Thanks Pres you are truly the man!

So here goes last Sunday's post today!

I got up early today and believe it or not my little man wanted to get up and go to the flea market. Not to look for records but to look for star wars figures. So of course i was all up for it and got a little digging in. It was cold but the coffee was hot. And there was a lot of action out there even with the tables covered in frost. I found some cool records on the cheap but no star wars guy for the little man. I had to explain to him that some days you score & some days you don't but its all in the trying.

Here is a list of some of the scores: I got a nice mix of Rock & Soul stuff with some cool & odd LP's. Some of this stuff I already own but these were pretty nice clean copies.

If anyone has any information on the Ill Bred Mind 45 please let me know! I had to buy a whole box of common stuff to score it and I wasn't going to let another Soul Invaders Inc scenario happen so I bought the whole box just to get this one 45. It is an organ heavy psych number with a cover of "walk on by" on the flip and no information on the record at all, not even song credits. I looked online and seached popsike and couldn't turn up anything on it so if anyone has and info please contact me and let me know as it seems pretty "rare"...

Thursday, November 8, 2007

So last night I met up with Flea Market Funk Ace No. #1 Soul Dude DJ Prestige and had a little clash of the 45 boxes. Jenn & I rolled up a little after 7pm with beers & 45 boxes in hand. After some chit chat and some KILLER vegetarian Caribbean food from Sister Sue’s in Asbury we got down the business at hand!

We had a kind of 45 war. We each picked out 10 45’s and my man Pres was kind enough to let me make the first move. So I being the new guy on the block had to go all out with my move, which he followed up in true DJ Pres fashion. And then we each “threw down” a 45 on each of our “turns” going back and forth each throwing down a 45 until we were out of records. 10 records each, resulting in 2 different mixes! It was pretty cool. At one point Pres took back one of his picks and went to an alternate 45 box because he wasn’t feeling the one he threw down fit the mix! A true pro!

Then my man got down in front of the turntables and mixed that shit up! I think he is going to be putting the finishing touches on both mixes tomorrow and each mix part 1 & part 2 will be posted on each of our blogs, Part 1 on Flea market Funk & Part 2 right here.

So stay tuned because I guarantee some Groovy, Heavy, Funky, Soul goodness!

I can’t thank him enough for hooking this up. He did all the hard work, I just sat back threw some choice 45’s down (and drank beer) and he’s putting all the pieces together. With any luck & with Prestige’s help I will be able to start downloading my own tunes soon!!! (trying to teach an old dog new tricks ya know!?!)

Sunday, November 4, 2007

I didn't make it up to the WMFU record fair as I am trying to be thrifty these days, i have some things coming up that are going to require some cash. IE, studio time w/ my band solace and plain tickets to London for a one off gig w/ Orange Goblin Nov. 8th but i did manage to get out to one of the flea markets and buy some trash.

So today i give you my 2 new latest editions to the devil's music record cover club.Both for a buck. I also got some odd ball 78's and a few minor league rock records as well as some really cool and "odd" jazz, soundtrack, electronic, spoken word and folkways type ethnic records.

I have my fingers crossed as a friend of my mother has informed her that a relative has just passed away and he had a "HUGE" record collection and asked my mom if her son, that being me was interested. well of course! so we shall see how that pans out.

I also had another run in with the guy who had the soul invaders inc 45 and all i can say is the guy is pretty out there. He seems real "odd" about parting with this 45. he says he still has it and that he is going to "give" it to me if i buy all of his 78's he has but when i ask him what kind of 78's he has he tells me he doesn't know. Well i aint buying things sight unseen ya know...??? so I don't know what is going to happen with this damn 45! I have my fingers crossed but I aint holdin' my breath ya know what i mean?

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

There seems to be something very, very wrong with this guy, while he has a very beautiful lady standing and looking down right “HAWT” and ready for some action right next him, he’d rather dress up a giant bread and dance with that!

What gives!?!?!?

Anyway, Happy halloween everyone! Hope a few enjoyed the Halloween show we did on WLFR last week!

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Anyone tuning in will get the great privilage of seeing what a truly geeky record collector i am while i spin nothing but cheeky 50's & 60's monster rock n' roll 45's from my personl collection in honor of the greatest holiday known to man, halloween.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

To all that do not know, I play in a band called "Solace" and the good folks at "land-o-smiles" records just put out our last record on limited press color vinyl.

400 pressed and never to be re-pressed:

take a gander at these beauties!

if you dig on heavy 70's style hard rock in the vein of Black Sabbath get your hands on a few copies now!

www.landosmiles.com/

here's a few reviews:

SOLACE - BLACK BLACK EP Underdogma Records

www.underdogma.comwww.diedrunk.com

SOLACE is back with a blast! After the mighty debut album FURTHER and the weaker follow up "13" I personally didn’t give a dime for a good comeback. The Split with GREAT DAY FOR UP some years ago was a first step, but with this 4 track EP they are back with a blast! The opener WORLD OF FIRE is an 8 minute long Stoner monster with a lot of tempo changing and with the mighty vocals from Jason! This song features all the SOLACE sound. Fat and mighty grooving guitar riffs, great solo guitars, variations in the songs and the mighty, from screaming to whispering, vocals from Jason. DESTROY THE GIFT starts with some Doom Metal riffs and turns into a typical Solace smasher! Highlight on this EP is the 14 minute Doom smasher called THE DEVILS CLOCK. The riffs will blow you away and it sounds like a bulldozer destroying some walls. The song turns into a solo-guitar ending with some great tunes. This is the part you can bang your head out! Cool! And the last track is a cover version of a CURE song! You will not know that song after some listening! It rocks and you think it is a SOLACE track! One of the heaviest and best Stoner Rock bands from the states are back and I can’t wait to hear a new record! Get it!

This time last year, New Jersey's Solace had imploded. Their third full-length, A.D., was dead in the water and they were headed for the “coulda shoulda woulda” file, another obscure band that coulda shoulda woulda kicked the world in the ass had they not been too busy tripping over their own feet.

Then they were offered a slot on the Roadburn Festival and that one gig managed to reinvigorate the five-piece. A.D. has been dusted off, and while it's still not finished (making it our Chinese Democracy), the four new tracks on The Black Black offer nothing but good news for the band and for their fans.

If I had to describe The Black Black in a word, it would be one long girlish shriek of joy. The three originals - “Khan (World of Fire),” “Destroy the Gift,” and “The Devil's Clock” - and their cover of The Cure's “World War” deliver classic Solace and then some. The current line-up recorded only one other original, “Cement Stitches” from their split with Greatdayforup, and while a great song, it didn't fully capture what the band was capable of doing. Solace is a guitarist's band, and The Black Black is replete with riffs, harmonized solos, blistering solos, moody solos, solos that make the hairs on your arm stand up, and the type of solos that make your dog run around in circles, barking at nothing, but never to the point where they sacrifice actual songs. They've stepped up their songwriting in the years since 13, and the end result is an ugly, aggressive, and unique blend of rock, doom, and metal. Credit to that also needs to go to frontman Jason, whose use of both clean, melodic vocals and a fierce shriek adds considerable dynamics to the tracks (especially "The Devil's Clock").

Is this the best material Solace has written? Damn straight. Given the 33 minutes running time, it's debatable whether this will be Album of the Year or EP of the Year. Either way, this is highly recommended. Holy fucking hell, this rules.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

One of my fave cha cha lp's here. a disembodied pair of legs with some hot fishnets.yum....

I didn't get out to the spot and looks like i missed out as DJ Prestige had a special guest out for a dig, DJ Andy Smith. and by the looks of things on his "Flea Market Funk" blog the duo faired pretty well too.

No worries I had a good time out in Philly with my Kids and lady friend and I also managed to pick picked up a few Lp's today.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Since i can't post any music here yet i thought i'd share some of the albums i collect for not only the music but the cover art and Cha Cha records happen to be a fave of mine.Expect more to come in the next few weeks!Dig it!

Sunday, October 14, 2007

the rare occasion that i didn't have my kids got me out to "the spot" Saturday and it turned out pretty good. got a nice mono version of the kinks you really got me on the tri color reprise and a few other cool lp's along with some much needed mutha punk rock in the accelerators. the fisrt skullflower 7", aweirdo's 7" as well as NJ legends Big Nurse on heat blast! A label i know a little bit about since my ancient band Godspeed cut a single on that label back in 90 or 91...

I was hoping to run into DJ pres but he was a no show so i hooked up with Jack the Ripper who was out and about so that was pleasant surprise, the weather was beautiful and there were plenty of records. not all "gems" but the digging on a great day with some good company in Jack, the lady friend JJB and my old Pal Mike the record guy who I have been buying records off since the 80's is always a good deal.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

so I'm at the flea market yesterday and it was pretty dead but i stumble upon a box of 45's and there is NOTHING in the box, i mean some beat up late 60's early 70's pop like the carpenters and osmonds and just in the worst shape. Towards the end of the box i pull out this interesting looking 45. It's the Soul Invaders Inc on Yorktown. I don't know anythingabout this record but it has "the look".

Great name.

Cool label I've never seen before.

So......

I pull it out and ask "how much"

dude says, "I'm selling the whole box for 10 bucks"

i say, "well there isn't much else i could use in there i'll give you 2 bucks for the 45"

dude says as he snatches the 45 from my hand "i'm selling the whole box for 10 bucks"

whoa killer, ease up....

I make a call to my bud DJ Pres and ask him if he knows anything about the 45.

he says he doesn't but says go for it and buy the whole box.

So I go back and say ok man i'll take the box for 10 bucks it's kinda slow out here, yada, yada, yada....

dude says "you can have the box for 10 without that 45, i'm gonna hold onto that one"

I mean what the hell? The flea market set is starting to really get under my skin.

It was obvious he was using the fact that i wanted this and only this 45 to look it up and see what it was worth.

So i get home and i look it up online and of course its a psych soul peice out of NYC and fairly rare. The kind of shit that is right up my alley.

I'm wicked bummed. I know i shoulda just took the chance the 1st time and bought the box but I'm trying to be more thrifty and ease up on my wallet these days so...

That there is the story of the one that got away.

if anyone has a copy that would like to send my way, i'm up for a trade or purchase as it just eats away at me now knowing that i had it in my hands and lost it!

Friday, October 5, 2007

Man, I just can’t seem to find the time to get this mother off the ground. I have tons of new records and I haven’t even had time to list any of my new scores. But I been busy with the radio show and last nights show was a killer!

We played a whole hour of soul & funk and followed it up with some early 90’s Seattle sounds via the Sub Pop label as well as some others, played a block of covers, doubled up “House of the rising sun” and ended with some Osmond’s & some 70’s punk in Chelsea!

They changed the link at the station for the live feed and never told anyone so I’m not sure how many folks got to tune in but if you didn’t here is what you missed!

Looks like we will be back next week at the same time (6 to 10pm EST) but we are getting a new schedule because class is back in session so we are losing our summer hours. Hang in there and I’ll keep ya posted!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Man, I just don't seem to have the time to update this thing as often as i'd like. Taking care of 2 boys, working full time and playing in a band doesn't allow for very much free time. I didn't get out to the spot this weekend but I did however manage to dig up some cool new soul & jazz LP's this past week at an undisclosed location. So without further ado my most recent scores.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

So I haven’t had much time lately to really get a catalog of the records I been finding and list them but I did manage to find some time to sit down with a bottle or two of some nice red wine and make a little mix for myself and a few friends on CASSETTE (Old School Baby!) of some of more recent finds, Now I don’t have any way (as of yet) to get these tunes into the computer ala DJ Pres over at Flea Market Funk but here is my little list.

Hopefully soon enough I am hoping to get together with DJ Prestige and get a downloadable mix of some HEAVY FUZZ FUNK 45 cuts from little stable of gems. We talked about it briefly a little while back but I know what a busy man he is so I gots my fingers crossed!

Girl - Ice in the BloodScorpions - HellCatPagan Alter - Flight of the Witch QueenBlues Magoos - There’s a chance we can make itFat Mattress - She came in the Morning/Everything’s BlueThe Move - Do YaNew York Dolls - Its too Late

4/26/07Warhorse - Back In TimeOrang-Utan - I can see inside your headToe Fat – Stick HeatPax - A story less JunkleEpitaph - CrossroadsBachdenkel - The Whole World Looking Over my shoulderBlackfoot - Good MorningShy Limbs - Reputation

Damnation of Adam Blessing - Sometimes I feel Like I cant go on & Leaving it up to youShy Limbs - ReputationSteve Blauser - Hell Of A LadyNick Cave - Get Ready For LoveAfghan Wigs - White Trash PartyRoxy Music - In Every Dream Home a HeartacheSister Double Happiness - Wheels A Spinning

Union Carbide Debris - A long Way to GoSam Gopal - Dark LordPublic Nuisance -Love is feelingSocrates Drank the Conium - Born to be FreeHigh Tide - Futilist LamentAtomic Rooster - I Cant take no MoreElias Hulk - NightmareMasters Apprentices - Death of King